The Rental Affordability Index (RAI) is a price index for housing rental markets. It is an easy to understand indicator of rental affordability relative to household incomes and is applied to geographic areas across Australia.The next RAI will be released on Wednesday 27 November.
Shelter Tas and National Shelter are looking for case studies highlighting how people on Newstart cope, or fail to cope with their rental payments. If you have Newstart recipients as clients or people you know who would be willing to share their stories with the media, please contact the Shelter Tas office on 03 6224 5488 or Adrian Pisarski, Executive Officer of National Shelter on 0417 975 270. Read more…